Positioning method, control device, and mobile communications system

1. A positioning method, comprising:

receiving, by a device, a request message sent by a core network through a mobility management entity (MME) using high-layer signaling, wherein the device is directly connected to N communications systems through N communications systems interfaces, the N communications systems interfaces being comprised in the device, wherein each of the N communications systems operates according to a different communication standard, and wherein a first communication system of the N communications systems comprises the core network, the MME, and a base station;

sending, by the device, signaling to the base station according to the request message, wherein the signaling commands the base station to instruct a user equipment (UE) to measure a first positioning measurement parameter for positioning the UE;

receiving, by a device, the first positioning measurement parameter, wherein each of the N communications systems operates according to a different communication standard, wherein each of at least two communications systems interfaces of the N communications system interfaces receives the first positioning measurement parameter at least in part, and wherein the first positioning measurement parameter corresponds to a plurality of measurements made by the UE, and the plurality of measurements correspond to different communication systems; and

positioning, by the device using a single positioning algorithm, the UE according to the first positioning measurement parameter that is received through the at least two communication systems interfaces.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, the method further comprises:

sending, by the device, a measurement mode to the base station according to the positioning requirement message, so that the base station commands the UE to be positioned to measure a corresponding positioning measurement parameter according to the measurement mode.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first positioning measurement parameter further comprises an angle of arrival obtained by the base station through measurement.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the device is a radio resource management server or a coordination controller.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the device through a UE interface supported by the device, a second positioning measurement parameter used for positioning the UE, wherein the second positioning measurement parameter is directly sent to the device by the UE that communicates with the device, and the second positioning measurement parameter is a value of a positioning measurement parameter obtained by the UE through measurement, and the UE interface is a different interface than the at least two communications systems interfaces through which the first positioning measurement parameter is received.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein before receiving the second positioning measurement parameter, the method further comprises sending, by the device through the UE interface, signaling to the UE, so as to command the UE to measure the second positioning measurement parameter.

7. A device, comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor; and

N communications systems interfaces directly connected to N communications systems, wherein each of the N communications systems operates according to a different communication standard from others of the N communications systems, wherein a first communication system of the N communications systems comprises a core network, a mobility management entity (MME), and a base station, and wherein the N communications systems interfaces are configured to:

receive a request message sent by the core network through the MME using high-layer signaling;

send signaling to the base station according to the request message, wherein the signaling commands the base station to instruct the UE to measure a first positioning measurement parameter for positioning a user equipment (UE); and

receive a first positioning measurement parameter wherein each of at least two communications systems interfaces of the N communications system interfaces receives the first positioning measurement parameter at least in part, and wherein the first positioning measurement parameter corresponds to a plurality of measurements made by the UE, and the plurality of measurements correspond to different communication systems;

wherein the program, when executed by the processor, instructs the processor to position the UE using a single positioning algorithm according to the first positioning measurement parameter that is received through the at least two communications system interfaces.

8. The device according to claim 7 , further comprising a UE interface, configured to receive a second positioning measurement parameter used for positioning the UE, wherein the second positioning measurement parameter is sent to the device by the UE that communicates with the device, and the UE interface is a different interface than the at least two communications systems interfaces through which the first positioning measurement parameter is received.

9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the program, when executed by the processor, further instructs the processor to send signaling to the UE through the UE interface, so as to command the UE to measure the second positioning measurement parameter.

10. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the N communications system interfaces are further configured to send a measurement mode to the base station, so that the base station commands the UE to be positioned to measure a corresponding positioning measurement parameter according to the measurement mode.

11. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the device is a radio resource management server RRMS or a coordination controller.